The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget accelerates $100  million of previously allocated funds from 2026-27 to 2025-26 for public infrastructure investments in the City of Fresno. Allocates Additional Resources to the SEED Initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Framework For Cap-And-Trade Investment Plan Needs Further Development

Sep 22, 2015 - Framework For Cap-And-Trade Investment Plan Needs Further Development September 22, 2015 Framework for Cap-and-Trade Investment Plan Needs Further Development Concept Paper for Second Investment Plan Recently Released.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3298

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - Legislature Extended Cap-and-Invest Program Through 2045. Separate from the budget, in September 2025, the Legislature adopted two significant pieces of legislation related to the cap-and-trade program and GGRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - The two proposals  include: Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (CERIP) Fund Shift ($32   Million Shift From GGRF to Proposition   4). The Governor proposes shifting $32  million of planned spending to implement CERIP from GGRF to Proposition  4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

The 2022-23 Budget: Water and Drought Response Proposals

Jan 31, 2022 - …But Legislature Recently Made Significant Investments in Building Water Resilience. While  building drought resilience is an important statewide priority, given its recent investments, the Legislature does not need to approve the Governor ’s proposals in order to make progress towards this goal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4509

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - CPUC is charged with setting a rate of return that compensates shareholders at a level that is consistent with the returns they wo uld receive on investments of similar risk. Additionally, IOUs are allowed to recover an amount that reflects the depreciation on their capital investments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2014-15 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Auction Revenue Expenditure Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2014 - The 2014-15 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Auction Revenue Expenditure Plan [Publication Details] The 2014-15 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Auction Revenue Expenditure Plan Format: HTML Description: In order to minimize the negative economic impact of cap-and-trade, it is important that auction revenues be invested in a way that maximizes GHG emission reductions for a given level of spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2953

Hydraulic Fracturing: How It Works and Recent State Oversight Actions

Dec 1, 2016 - Matrix Acidizing. Matrix acidizing does not fracture the rock, instead, acid pumped into a well at relatively low pressure dissolves the rock and makes it more permeable. Acid Fracturing. Unlike hydraulic fracturing, which uses mainly water and chemical additives, acid fracturing is the high-pressure injection of mainly acidic fluid into a well to fracture the rock and etch the walls of the fractures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3513

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - We recommend the Legislature closely review the two reports required by SB   846 —the Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (due by March  2023) and the Joint Reliability Assessment (submitted in December 2022) —to assess the administration ’s plans to strengthen grid reliability and clean energy investments and see what follow up may be warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

Framework For Cap-And-Trade Investment Plan Needs Further Development [Publication Details]

Sep 22, 2015 - Framework For Cap-And-Trade Investment Plan Needs Further Development [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3298